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FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



\_Musci. 



intermixed with the specimens from Guadeloupe, of which place this plant is a native, as also of Tristan d'Acunha, 

 Madagascar, and Mauritius. 



S. Macromitrium longirostre, Hook.; foiiis densis lineari-lanceolatis acuminata bilineatis solidinerviis 

 siccitate tortilibus, seta crassa, capsula ovali sulcata.-Orthotrichmn, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 25. Schwmgr. 

 Suppl. t. 112. Bridel. 



Var. /3. acutifolium; foiiis magis acuminatis, nervo subexcurrente.— Orthotrichum acutifolium, Rook. 

 et Grev. Monog. in Brewst. Lourn. So. v. 1. t. 5. 



Hab. Middle Island. Yar. a. Dusky Bay, Menzies. Yar. /3. Port Preservation, Lyall. 



Remarkable for its thick, rather short seta, and the very acute, subrigid leaves, loosely twisted when dry. 

 —Branches about one inch long, erect, crowded.— It is a native of Tasmania, Lord Auckland's Group, Campbell's 

 Island, and South America. 



4. Macromitrium longipes, Hook. ; ramis ereetis elongatis, foiiis densis erecto-patentibus strictis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutiusculis siccitate crispato-tortilibus, pedunculis longissimis, capsula elliptica siccitate ore pli- 

 cate contracta.— Orthotrichum, Book. Muse. Exot. t. 24. Sclwagr. Suppl. t. 139. 



Yar. /3 ; caule graciliore, foiiis laxioribus, pedunculis brevioribus. 



Yar. 7 ; foiiis ligulato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis apiculatis. 



Yar. e ; foiiis patulo-incurvis ligulato-lanceolatis, capsula minore. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Chalky Bay and Milford Sound, Lyall. 

 Bay of Islands; on trunks of the Kaudi Pine, rare, J. B. H. Yar. 0. Stewart's Island, Lyall. Yar. y. 

 Auckland, Sinclair. Yar. e. Milford Sound, Lyall. 



Variable especially in the aspect of the dried foliage, which in some specimens is more closely contorted, in 

 others lax and more crisped; in var. e, which approaches in aspect to M. Reinwardtii, the leaves in a moist state 

 very much resemble those of M. mcurvifolium, but the areolation is minutely punctate, and the seta is long.— Ni- 

 dulant male flowers have been observed in some of the specimens. 



5. Macromitrium gracile, Hook.; caule gracili elongate flexuoso subramoso erecto, foiiis patulo-incur- 

 vis (fragilibus) lanceolato-subulatis e nervo percurrente cuspidatis siccitate flexuosis tortilibus, seta brevi, 

 capsula ovata siccitate striata.— Orthotrichum, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 27. Schwagr. Suppl. t. 112. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Chalky Bay, Lyall. Trunks of trees, 

 Waikehi, Br. Sinclair. 



Known by the subulato-setaceous terminations of the leaves, and the short setae.— Stem often two inches long. 

 —In a younger state the aspect of the dried specimens much resembles that of M. reeurvifolmm, but the leaves are 

 different in shape. 



c. Calyptra pilosa. 



6. Macromitrium recurvi folium, Hook, et Grev.; foiiis patulis subrecurvis lanceolato-subulatis obtu- 

 siusculis siccitate crispatis spiraliter contortis, capsula ovato-oblonga leviter sulcata.— Orthotrichum recur- 

 vifolium, Hook, et Grev. I. c. t. 5. Bridel, Bryol. Univ. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, -/. B. II, Colenso, etc. 



The foliage of this, when moist, is remarkably spreading.— Leaves short, fragile, subulate and obtuse in the 

 upper half, reticulation dense and opaque, areola? very small.— Found also in Java. 



7. Macromitrium Mauritianum, Schwacgr. ; foiiis patentibus incurvis lanceolato-acuminatis dense 

 areolaris nervo pallido siccitate crispato-tortilibus, seta brevi, capsula urceolata kevi, calyptra subpilosa.— 

 Schwagr. Suppl. t. 189. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Logan. 



